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MOUNTAIN HOUSE NEIGHBORHOODS K AND L INITIAL STUDY 5.ENVIRONMENTAL CHECKLIST 3.AIR QUALITY AND GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS F1 Fireview and planning activities. In 2001,the SJVAPCD revised its Regulation VIII- Fugitive PM Prohibitions, in response to commitments made in the 1997 PM10 Attainment Plan to incorporate best available control measures (BACM). Regulation VIII consists of a series of dust control rules that emphasize reducing fugitive dust as a means of achieving attainment of the federal standards for PM10. Fill Also, District Rule 9510 Indirect Source Review(ISR)was adopted December 15,2005. ISR was adopted to fulfill the SJVAPCD's emission reduction commitments in the PM10 and Ozone Attainment Plans ISR requires submittal of an Air Impact Assessment(AIA)application no later than the date on which application is made for a final discretionary approval from the public agency. The AIA will be the information necessary to calculate both construction and operational emissions of a development project. The proposed Neighborhoods K and L project qualifies as a development project under Rule 9510 because it contains more than 50 residential units. d �} p Section 6.0 of the rule outlines general mitigation requirements for developments that include reduction in construction emissions of 20 percent of the total construction NOx emissions, and 45 percent of the total construction PM10 exhaust emissions. Section 6.0 of the rule also requires the project to reduce operational NOx emissions by 33.3 percent and operational PM10 emissions by k 50 percent. Section 7.0 of the rule includes fee schedules for construction or F14 operational emissions of NOx or PM10 in excess of those emission goals ' identified in Section 6.0 of the rule. Section 7.2 of the rule identifies fees for excess emissions that are$9,350 per ton for NOx emissions for year 2008 and beyond, and $9,011 per ton for PM10 emissions for year 2008 and beyond. SJVAPCD also adopted Regulation 4901 to control wood-burning emissions from new residential development. Regulation 4901 prohibits wood-burning fireplaces within new residential development and limits the number of wood-burning heaters or stoves that can be constructed. The limit on wood-burning devices is partially based on the density of development, as follows: ■ No person shall install a wood-burning fireplace in a new residential development with a density greater than two dwelling units per acre. ■ No person shall install more than two Phase 11 Certified wood-burning heaters per acre in any new residential development with a density equal to or greater than three dwelling units per acre. Fi ■ No person shall install more than one wood-burning fireplace or wood burning heater per dwelling unit in any new residential development with a density equal to or less than two dwelling units per acre. CEQA Guidance Document In 1998, the SJVAPCD adopted a formal guidance document containing the District's recommendations for preparing CEQA documents. This document,the z Ignn i 5-27